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Re: repeater price, was Re: no repeater wet/dry mix?

Courtesy of babelfish:

blank luigi they are graziano accinni I hope you speaks the Italian why on
the situated one loopers-delight I understand very little unfortunately are
allowed to me of mandarti my address www.rustyrobot.com of my job ACCYNNY "
HYPNOS " I hope is of your gradimento a salute 
grazianoaccinni@tiscalinet.it


----- Original Message -----
From: "tiscali" <grazianoaccinni@tiscalinet.it>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: R: repeater price, was Re: no repeater wet/dry mix?


> salve luigi sono graziano accinni spero tu parli l'italiano perchè sul
sito
> loopers-delight capisco molto poco purtroppo  mi sono permesso di 
>mandarti
> il mio indirizzo www.rustyrobot.com  del mio lavoro ACCYNNY "HYPNOS" 
>spero
> sia di tuo gradimento un saluto  grazianoaccinni@tiscalinet.it
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Luigi Meloni <luigimeloni74@libero.it>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 7:40 PM
> Subject: R: repeater price, was Re: no repeater wet/dry mix?
>
>
> > Well, I am currently coming in London for a week with a fellow
guitarist,
> > and we are coming there to take a look to music shops, as I found that
in
> > England something cost almost half the price that they cost in Italy
(Here
> > the fender stratocaster standard (USA) has raised in price from
1.990.000
> > italian lira to 2.990.000 i.l. in six months and after a change in the
> > distribution). Marshall prices have had the same treatment. It's funny,
to
> > go to a country with which exchange should be unfavourable and pay
> > instruments less than in your country.
> >
> > Peace
> > Luigi
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: roberto <roberto@nomade.worldonline.co.uk>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 1:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: repeater price, was Re: no repeater wet/dry mix?
> >
> >
> > > on 31/8/01 10:08 AM, Os at os@scee.sony.co.uk wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Alto Music was selling them for under 500 bucks a piece.  They got
> > bitched
> > > >> out by Electrix so they raised the price to $549.  I ordered mine
for
> > $525
> > > >> from Sixte Cycle (affiliated with Leitz Music in Florida).  Guitar
> > Center
> > > > is
> > > >> selling them for $599.
> > > >
> > > > just found out that the UK list price is 649 pounds - about $950!
> > > >
> > > > once again, we get screwed royally.  :(
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if Electrix know about this, or whether it's just the
> > distributor
> > > > hiking the price?
> > > >
> > > I have discussed this issue of unreasonable price difference between
USA
> > and
> > > the UK with several dealers on numberless occasions. It applies to 
>any
> > > imported item, no matter of what kind. The general claim is that most
of
> > the
> > > difference is due to custom/import taxes, nothing to do with the
dealers
> > > themselves making more profit. Another small portion is due to higher
> > > overall business costs for UK traders (higher income tax, higher 
>rents
> > etc.)
> > > and the actual cost of shipment.
> > > I don't know if there is a solution. So far the only way around it I
> could
> > > find is to get someone to buy things for me abroad, then send them to
me
> > > marked as "personal present" - Even so the Customs have occasionally
> > opened
> > > the parcel and questioned the "present", once charging me the import
> tax,
> > > the value added tax plus a handling fee..., thus doubling the actual
> cost
> > of
> > > the "present"!
> > >
> > > Roberto
> > >
> > >
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